The life and death of BBC broadcaster Jill Dando will be documented in an upcoming series, Netflix has announced. The TV icon, who was originally from Weston-super-Mare was shot and killed on her doorstep in Fulham on April 26, 1999.
In a multi-part series currently in production, the life of the former Crimewatch presenter will be chronicled with a mix of archive, new research and interviews. Netflix said it will focus on “Dando’s life, career, legacy and what would become one of the most notorious unsolved murders of the 20th century”.
Speaking to the BBC in 2019 her brother Nigel Dando described the moment he found out his sister was killed and said he believed her murder was a stranger who committed a random act of brutality. Nigel was working at the Bristol Post, as a reporter, when the news broke.
